Ray Schalk

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: August 12, 1892 in Harvel, IL us

Died: May 19, 1970 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Park, IL

High School: Litchfield HS (Litchfield, IL)

Debut: August 11, 1912 (Age 19-365d, 3,756th in major league history)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1929 (Age 37-034d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1955. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Ray Schalk's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Ray William Schalk

Nicknames: Cracker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.0

5306

1345

.254

579

RBI

593

177

OBP

.340

SLG

.316

OPS

.656

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	12	1	0	13	0
2	2	Apr 17	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	May 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	May 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
14	14	May 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
15	15	May 6	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
16	16	May 7	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	17	May 8	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
18	18	May 9	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
20	20	May 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-14	GS	37	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	21	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	22	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
23	23	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
24	24	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
25	25	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,13-5	CG	64	16.0	6	2	0	8	0
26	26	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	50	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
27	27	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	28	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	29	May 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	31	May 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-10	GS	30	5.0	4	1	0	5	1
32	32	May 27	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	33	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-13	GS	36	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	35 (1)	May 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	36	May 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	37	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39 (1)	Jun 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	40	Jun 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	41	Jun 4	CHW		DET	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
40	42	Jun 5	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
41	43	Jun 6	CHW		DET	W,7-6	CG	43	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	44	Jun 7	CHW		DET	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	45	Jun 8	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
44	46	Jun 9	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	47	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	48	Jun 11	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
47	49	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	50	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	51	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	52	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	53	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS	24	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	54	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
53	55	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
54	56	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
55	57	Jun 22	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	58	Jun 23	CHW		PHA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	59	Jun 25	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	60	Jun 26	CHW		CLE	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
59	61	Jun 27	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
60	62	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	63	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
62	64	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	W,14-0	GS	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	65	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	3	1	0	4	1
64	66	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	67	Jul 2	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	CG	50	10.0	7	1	1	9	0
66	68	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	69	Jul 4	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	70	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	71	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
70	72	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	5	1	0	6	1
71	73	Jul 8	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
72	74	Jul 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
73	75	Jul 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
74	77 (1)	Jul 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
75	78	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	79	Jul 16 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
77	80	Jul 16 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-5	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	81	Jul 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-20	GS	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	82	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
80	83	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
81	84	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	85	Jul 20 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	86	Jul 20 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	87	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	88	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	89	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
87	90	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
88	91	Jul 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
89	92	Jul 26	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	93	Jul 27	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
91	94	Jul 28	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
92	95	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
93	96	Jul 29 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,6-12	GS	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
94	97	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	98	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	99	Aug 1	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
97	100	Aug 2	CHW		NYY	L,0-7	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	101	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
99	102	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	103	Aug 5	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	104	Aug 6	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	105	Aug 7	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
103	106	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	107	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	108	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
106	109	Aug 10	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	4	3	0	7	0
107	110	Aug 11	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	111	Aug 12	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
109	112	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	113	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	114	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	115	Aug 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
113	116	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
114	117	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
115	118	Aug 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
116	119	Aug 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	120	Aug 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
118	121	Aug 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,16-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
119	122	Aug 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	11.1	5	2	0	7	1
120	123	Aug 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
121	124	Aug 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
122	125	Aug 31	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	126	Sep 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	127	Sep 3	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
125	128	Sep 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
126	129	Sep 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
127	130	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	131	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	132	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	133	Sep 7	CHW		DET	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	134	Sep 8	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
132	135	Sep 9	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
133	136	Sep 10	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
134	137	Sep 11	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
135	138	Sep 12	CHW		WSH	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
136	139	Sep 13	CHW		WSH	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
137	140	Sep 14	CHW		WSH	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	141	Sep 16	CHW		NYY	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
139	142	Sep 17	CHW		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	143	Sep 18	CHW		NYY	W,15-9	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
141	144	Sep 19	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
142	145	Sep 20	CHW		PHA	W,13-6	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	146	Sep 21	CHW		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
144	147	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	148	Sep 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	149	Sep 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
147	150	Sep 26	CHW		DET	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
148	151	Sep 27	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
149	152	Oct 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
150	153	Oct 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
151	154	Oct 3	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-16	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							151gm		1314.0	581	138	10	729	20